Bill Holloway, of the Texas Greens, has a wonderful account of CCIII on his blog, Oliver’s Arrow, in which he includes:
Deanna Taylor and Tom King of Utah came to Camp Casey for the weekend, and we all had a great time. Deanna and Tom became instantly popular around camp as hard-working volunteers, and Tom put his skills as a master electrician to good use. Cindy returned to camp at the end of the weekend. And there were lots of great workshops. The one I enjoyed the most I think was the “Freeway Blogger,” named Scarlett. He’s gotten famous for posting simple but large and well-executed black-on-white cardboard signs over freeways with slogans like “Osama bin Forgotten” and “The War is a Lie”. In fact, I spent last night with him painting signs. No one is doing this work in Austin. Well…that’s about to change! We recommend to people to “become the media.” Here’s our chance!
Here is also what Bill has to say about the final days of Camp Casey III:
Winding Down
With Cindy Sheehan recovering in the hospital following a successfulhystorectomy, virtually all of the Code Pink folks in Austin for aretreat, and the celebrity guests largely departed now to catch up at
home before Camp Democracy, Camp Casey III has wound down.
It was just little old me, the security tent folks, and Ray McGovernof the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and a few dustdevils gracing the sacred ground of CCIII as I took down the Green Tent Wednesday. Ray, Larry Everest, and Ann Wright had everyone on the edge of their seats Tuesday night with news of their Bush Crimes Commission delivery to the White House of formal indictments on
charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity to the Bush administration.
I had the honor of driving Ray to the Austin airport after breaking camp. He is a very wise, intelligent, humble, and sweet man. We had a great talk and a great time rolling down the road — except for that
nagging Texas heat.
It was an amazing time at Camp Casey III. Everyone pitched in and received many times over in return of inspiration, information, and camaraderie. Thanks again to all the Greens from Dallas and Utah and
all over Texas who came to Crawford! Lots of folks came by to ask questions of us at the Green Tent. Many were excited to hear of GPTX’s upcoming campaign school with John Eder, to see our literature,
and pick up info on Byron de Lear, GPAX, our platform, or the party in general. On Tuesday night, I got about five minutes of stage time during the “free speech open mic night.” I reminded everyone about
Pat LaMarche’s urging that all of us “Run…. Not for the hills, not for momma, for office.” I also urged all the Code Pink folks to find Tanya Winters of the Travis County Green Party in Austin during their
retreat and her training on citizen lobbying. I didn’t have to talk about the democratic party’s failures. Both Hadi Jawad (co-found of the Peace House) and Cindy Sheehan had taken care of that thoroughly earlier in the week — Hadi went so far as to point out that Clinton killed more Iraqi children than George Bush could ever dream of.
No one really came to us with bitter feelings about 2000 or “vote splitting” at all. This mirrored my experience petitioning in TX for ballot access. In fact, one progressive democrat mentioned her
admiration for Ralph Nader when he said to Gore “You beat you.” When she said all her progressive democrat friends were really Greens at heart, we both bemoaned the mental prison that keeps them voting
democrat. I suggested we brainstorm ways to lead her friends out of the prison. I think she’ll come free too.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 